Frantisek Drtikol

the photographer's blindstamp on the image, mounted, signed and dated in pencil and inscribed 'Magda Radomsky mit freundlichem Gruss, 21/IX 1931, Drtikol' in ink on the mount, framed, 1931

The photographer to Magda Radomsky

Estate of Magda Radomsky

Galerie Kicken Berlin, 2004

Vladimir Birgus, The Photographer Frantisek Drtikol (Prague, 2000), fig. 116 (reversed and dated 1934)

Vladimir Birgus and Antonin Brany, Frantisek Drtikol (Prague, 1988), fig. 80 (reversed and dated 1930)

Frantisek Drtikol: Fotograf, Malir, Mystik (Prague: Galerie Rudolfinum, 1988, in conjunction with the exhibition), fig. VIII/15 (reversed, inverted, and dated 1930-35)

This photograph is on lightly-textured paper with a luminous surface. In raking light, this print is pleasingly silverered is the dark areas of the image. Upon extremely close examination, a few tiny deposits of original retouching are visible. The print is trimmed to the image, and there is very minor wear along the left edge. This photograph is on a textured cream-colored mount, which is appropriately age-darkened at the edges and corners. There is minimal soiling and darkening on the reverse of the mount.
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